Tutorial on WeChat public account development-type of WeChat public account (common and conference)

I remember that two months ago, when I asked the official development group what is the difference between a personal public account and an enterprise public account, I was also told a joke. no one would tell me this question.

Personal and corporate public accounts

I remember that when I asked my personal and corporate public accounts in the official development group about the difference two months ago, I was also told a joke. no one would like to tell me, maybe the question is too simple. I think there may be some friends who are confused about this point when they are new. In fact, when registering a public account, there is no distinction between a personal account and an enterprise account. they need to fill in the same registration information, the difference is only the difference in usage after the account application is successful. However, when registering a public account, you do have a type to choose from, but not a personal account or an enterprise account. what types of accounts can be selected? This is exactly the theme I want to talk about today. please continue.

Two types of accounts available for registration

The last step for registering a public account is to fill in "public account information". The last option is to select "type ", it has two values: "common public account type" and "Public Meeting account ". When we select the "Public Meeting number", the red letter "Reminder: the meeting number is a public account with a certain time limit, and cannot be used after expiration" appears .", As shown in.

Which type should be selected during registration? This requires us to have a certain understanding of the two types to make a judgment. The following describes the differences between a public meeting account and an ordinary public account.

Differences between a public account and a common account

In the "Settings" column of the registered meeting account, you can see the "meeting number settings" item, as shown in:

ActuallyThe difference between a meeting account and a common account can be fully reflected in "meeting number settings ".They have the following differences:

1) Effective Time

A normal account is permanently valid after being created, and the meeting account is valid for only one month. after one month, the account becomes invalid. When you log on to the public platform after the account expires, the system prompts "this public meeting number has expired and cannot be used again", as shown in:

After the account expires, the system prompts "this public account has expired and cannot send messages" when the user who has followed the meeting account continues to use it. However, if the account has menu permissions, you can still obtain information from the menu. after the account expires, the menu response is not forbidden, as shown in:

As you can see, after the meeting account expires, you can no longer get messages through text, but you can click the menu to continue using the message. the graphic message "summit Overview" in the figure is returned after you click the menu.

2) Follow permissions

Anyone in a common account can pay attention to it without permission restrictions. The conference account can be configured with the follow permission. There are two types: anyone can follow the permission and follow it only after verification. if this setting is not performed, the former is used by default. If it is set to be followed only after verification is passed, it is a bit similar to the verification when a friend is added, but the verification problem here can be set, and if the authentication message you set is similar to asking the user's identity, for example, "What is your real name? ", You can also select "use the verification message as the remark name", so that you can easily identify all people who have followed the meeting account.

3) participants are mutually visible

Ordinary accounts are invisible to each other, while conference accounts are visible to each other. what does this mean? If "participants are visible to each other" is selected in the meeting number setting, after paying attention to the meeting account, you can see an additional "participant" in the account details ", click it to display a list of all accounts that have followed the meeting account. you can also click a participant to view details and apply to add a member as a friend.

This is a powerful function for meeting accounts, so that participants can get to know each other.

The preceding three points are the characteristics of the meeting account and are also different from the common account. It can be seen that the conference account is added with the account validity period limit (one month) based on the common account function, and the follow permission and publisher are mutually visible.

In fact, the current support for conference accounts is far from enough. For example, the general attribute settings of a meeting, such as the meeting subject, time, and location, are not supported, and the attendance, interaction, and voting of meetings are not reflected, we did not consider periodic meetings. we hope that later versions will provide more support for this part.